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Fall classes will be held on half-hour in new plan
BY WAYNE WALLEY
Staff Writer
Classes will begin on the half-hour rather than on the hour next fall in order to utilize classroom space more efficiently, President John R. Hubbard has announced. .
Because of higher enrollment.Hubbard said it was essential to follow1 a standard classroom schedule for the financial welfare ofthe university.
In a directive to all deans, directors and department chairmen. Hubbard said the first class period of the day next semester will last from 8:30 a m to 9:20 a.m.
He asked departmental cooperation in moving to the new schedule and emphasized that all units must adopt the schedule to acheive a higher degree of utilization of classroom facilities.
John E. Cantelon, dean ofthe College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and vice-president of undergraduate studies, agreed that a standard classroom schedule must be followed, but said the new' schedule will still leave room for flexibility.
Cantelon said the new schedule will not
stop departments from scheduling classes for longer than one hour, but it will eliminate classes that start at odd times such as 10:15 or 2:40.
"There are two motives." he said. "One is to produce more efficiency and utilization of classroom space while the other is to avoid the crunch of overcrowing in the 9. 10 and 11 o’clock classes."
He said there were 93 variations of class hours this semester and that by reducing the options and standardizing starting times, efficiency will be increased.
“We don’t plan to reduce the options from 93 to one and we are not trying to cut down the time spent in class,” Cantelon said. “It would merely be a schedule shift so that hours can be better utilized in classrooms and other campus facilities.”
The Special Services Office assigns classrooms to each instructor. Debbie Pietraszko, acting director of the office, said that the number of hours taught will not change, and emphasized the need for standardization of class starting times.
“We are hoping to avoid a department beginning a one-hour class at 10:45 a.m. and another one-hour class at 11:30 a.m..
using two classrooms instead of one room "The standardization of the starting time w ill definitely help utilize facilities and increase efficiency.” Pietraszko said.
She said that her office plans to limit classes to one hour if they meet on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays or five days a week.
Classes that last for more than one hour will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays and w ill begin on the half hour
Cantelon said another benefit from the change is that it will ease the rush on the food services at lunch time.
People could eat lunch at 11:30 a.m.. 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. and relieve the now-present noon crunch on the Grill and Commons.” he said.
Cantelon said there could be a parking problem with the later start.
"The staff starts at 8:30 a.m. and there could be a parking problem for the staff, faculty and students, all converging at the same time,” he said.
Cantelon said the plan may be reviewed after it is put into effect, and if problems arise, the schedule can be changed.
Daily ip Trojan
Volume LXVII, Number 72
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Wednesday, February 12, 1975
Speakers group broke; voluntary fee blamed
BY ARMANDO ACOSTA
Campus Staff Writer
The Campus Speakers Committee is broke.
After spending $21,500 on almost 30 guest speakers during the fall semester, the organfza-tion reports its treasury is empty.
“The students can expect a very dull semester.” said Glenn Dassoff. the committee chairman. “The only alternative other than university funding would be if more students pay the $4.50 programming fee."
A $4.50 mandatory programming fee, which was abolished this semester, helped to pay the committee’s expenses in the past.
With the fee on a voluntary basis this spring, only 107r ofthe student body is estimated to have paid.
The Student Affairs Otfice also helped support the program in the fall. Featured speakers included Ralph Nader and Houston I. Flournoy.
Dassoff. a junior in oioiogy and religion, said that the low response to the voluntary fee was the main reason for the committee’s financial situation.
“The whole matter hinges on
the student response to the voluntary fee. I have reports that under 2.000 students paid thf fee. The only problem was that students weren’t w ell enough informed of the functions that the fee supplements.” he said “The Programming Board may still fund the committee some money, but it would be so small that it would be hard to set up a decent program to work with.” Dassoff said the university is always open to free speakers.
“Money must still be spent, however, for publicity in the way of posters and technical aspects. We are not going to plan for a speaker and not have an audience because of no publicity,” he said.
“USC has a reputation as a jock school. Without programs of distinguished guest speakers, the university university gained more publicity in the media, thus reinforcing our educational prestige.”
Trevor Paulson, assistant director of student activities and director of programming, said he couldn’t understand the low response to the voluntary fee.
“It’s so disappointing. I cannot believe that there would be that much energy spent against pay-
ing the fee. What this means is no money—no speakers,” he said.
An alternative to having no money at all would be to ask the university for funding.
“We’re petitioning President (John R.) Hubbard for university funds to supplement these speakers because we feel that student interest justifies the
program to continue.”
He said that the committee invited W'illiam. F. Buckley to speak this semester, but without funds it would be impossible to get Buckley to speak.
Greg Robins, a junior in business, commented on why he felt students were not paying the voluntary fee.
“I don’t think students realize that it will be rare to see an afternoon concert or speaker during the spring semester." he said.
"It seems that we really didn't know just w hat the fee situation w'as all about, thus at registration. most students waived the
fee.”
Row Security plan abandoned for lack of residents’ support
BY JOHN DIDION
Staff Writer
A security plan proposed for the Row by John Lechner, director of campus Security and Parking Operations, has been abandoned due to a lack of support by residents of the Row.
The plan called for a security force of eight men who would be assigned to the Row and would supplement the 24-hour mobile security unit which currently patrols the Row area. Four of the eight proposed officers would have patrolled the area on foot.
Lechner said that implementation ofthe plan depended upon total support from the houses on the Row. Each resident would have been charged $5.50 each month to maintain the security force.
When the plan failed to win the support of all of the fraternity and sorority houses, it was abandoned.
The Board of Trustees increased the security budget last fall and placed additional officers on the Row. Currently, the Row is patrolled by a 24-hour mobile unit, a 16-hour unit which patrols from 2 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day and a security vehicle from the main campus that patrols once each hour.
Although his plan was never implemented. Lechner is satisfied with security on the Row. “It's a reasonable plan, it’s working," Lechner said. “The bad people don't come down there anymore.”
The bulk of the progress in Row security has come about as a reaction to the murder of two students there in September. Lechner said this event focused attention on security and brought the university and the Row into agreement.
“For five years, ever since I began here, the university felt that security was the Row’s problem and
(continued on page 2)
Week’s activities note black history
Chapter II provided free noon entertainment Tuesday in front of Tommy Trojan as part of the continuing activities of Black History Week. Students of many races enjoyed the concert in the warm sunshine.
This is the fourth consecutive year that the university has participated in National Black History Week. This year’s program, with the theme "Where Do We Go From Here," focuses on where blacks will be headed in the 1970s in contrast to the advancements that they made in the 1960s.
In other Black History Week activities. Roscoe Lee Browne, an actor and noted civil rights leader, gave a poetry reading Tuesday night in Bovard Auditorium.
A program on "The History of the Black Man in America" w'as presented Monday night in Birnkrant Dining Hall. Randy Martin spoke and a movie. Wattstax, which deals with the black man’s past and present, was shown.
Mayor Tom Bradley appeared Monday at Bovard Auditorium and spoke briefly on black advancement in recent years.
I)T photo by Mike Ito.

Fall classes will be held on half-hour in new plan
BY WAYNE WALLEY
Staff Writer
Classes will begin on the half-hour rather than on the hour next fall in order to utilize classroom space more efficiently, President John R. Hubbard has announced. .
Because of higher enrollment.Hubbard said it was essential to follow1 a standard classroom schedule for the financial welfare ofthe university.
In a directive to all deans, directors and department chairmen. Hubbard said the first class period of the day next semester will last from 8:30 a m to 9:20 a.m.
He asked departmental cooperation in moving to the new schedule and emphasized that all units must adopt the schedule to acheive a higher degree of utilization of classroom facilities.
John E. Cantelon, dean ofthe College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and vice-president of undergraduate studies, agreed that a standard classroom schedule must be followed, but said the new' schedule will still leave room for flexibility.
Cantelon said the new schedule will not
stop departments from scheduling classes for longer than one hour, but it will eliminate classes that start at odd times such as 10:15 or 2:40.
"There are two motives." he said. "One is to produce more efficiency and utilization of classroom space while the other is to avoid the crunch of overcrowing in the 9. 10 and 11 o’clock classes."
He said there were 93 variations of class hours this semester and that by reducing the options and standardizing starting times, efficiency will be increased.
“We don’t plan to reduce the options from 93 to one and we are not trying to cut down the time spent in class,” Cantelon said. “It would merely be a schedule shift so that hours can be better utilized in classrooms and other campus facilities.”
The Special Services Office assigns classrooms to each instructor. Debbie Pietraszko, acting director of the office, said that the number of hours taught will not change, and emphasized the need for standardization of class starting times.
“We are hoping to avoid a department beginning a one-hour class at 10:45 a.m. and another one-hour class at 11:30 a.m..
using two classrooms instead of one room "The standardization of the starting time w ill definitely help utilize facilities and increase efficiency.” Pietraszko said.
She said that her office plans to limit classes to one hour if they meet on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays or five days a week.
Classes that last for more than one hour will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays and w ill begin on the half hour
Cantelon said another benefit from the change is that it will ease the rush on the food services at lunch time.
People could eat lunch at 11:30 a.m.. 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. and relieve the now-present noon crunch on the Grill and Commons.” he said.
Cantelon said there could be a parking problem with the later start.
"The staff starts at 8:30 a.m. and there could be a parking problem for the staff, faculty and students, all converging at the same time,” he said.
Cantelon said the plan may be reviewed after it is put into effect, and if problems arise, the schedule can be changed.
Daily ip Trojan
Volume LXVII, Number 72
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Wednesday, February 12, 1975
Speakers group broke; voluntary fee blamed
BY ARMANDO ACOSTA
Campus Staff Writer
The Campus Speakers Committee is broke.
After spending $21,500 on almost 30 guest speakers during the fall semester, the organfza-tion reports its treasury is empty.
“The students can expect a very dull semester.” said Glenn Dassoff. the committee chairman. “The only alternative other than university funding would be if more students pay the $4.50 programming fee."
A $4.50 mandatory programming fee, which was abolished this semester, helped to pay the committee’s expenses in the past.
With the fee on a voluntary basis this spring, only 107r ofthe student body is estimated to have paid.
The Student Affairs Otfice also helped support the program in the fall. Featured speakers included Ralph Nader and Houston I. Flournoy.
Dassoff. a junior in oioiogy and religion, said that the low response to the voluntary fee was the main reason for the committee’s financial situation.
“The whole matter hinges on
the student response to the voluntary fee. I have reports that under 2.000 students paid thf fee. The only problem was that students weren’t w ell enough informed of the functions that the fee supplements.” he said “The Programming Board may still fund the committee some money, but it would be so small that it would be hard to set up a decent program to work with.” Dassoff said the university is always open to free speakers.
“Money must still be spent, however, for publicity in the way of posters and technical aspects. We are not going to plan for a speaker and not have an audience because of no publicity,” he said.
“USC has a reputation as a jock school. Without programs of distinguished guest speakers, the university university gained more publicity in the media, thus reinforcing our educational prestige.”
Trevor Paulson, assistant director of student activities and director of programming, said he couldn’t understand the low response to the voluntary fee.
“It’s so disappointing. I cannot believe that there would be that much energy spent against pay-
ing the fee. What this means is no money—no speakers,” he said.
An alternative to having no money at all would be to ask the university for funding.
“We’re petitioning President (John R.) Hubbard for university funds to supplement these speakers because we feel that student interest justifies the
program to continue.”
He said that the committee invited W'illiam. F. Buckley to speak this semester, but without funds it would be impossible to get Buckley to speak.
Greg Robins, a junior in business, commented on why he felt students were not paying the voluntary fee.
“I don’t think students realize that it will be rare to see an afternoon concert or speaker during the spring semester." he said.
"It seems that we really didn't know just w hat the fee situation w'as all about, thus at registration. most students waived the
fee.”
Row Security plan abandoned for lack of residents’ support
BY JOHN DIDION
Staff Writer
A security plan proposed for the Row by John Lechner, director of campus Security and Parking Operations, has been abandoned due to a lack of support by residents of the Row.
The plan called for a security force of eight men who would be assigned to the Row and would supplement the 24-hour mobile security unit which currently patrols the Row area. Four of the eight proposed officers would have patrolled the area on foot.
Lechner said that implementation ofthe plan depended upon total support from the houses on the Row. Each resident would have been charged $5.50 each month to maintain the security force.
When the plan failed to win the support of all of the fraternity and sorority houses, it was abandoned.
The Board of Trustees increased the security budget last fall and placed additional officers on the Row. Currently, the Row is patrolled by a 24-hour mobile unit, a 16-hour unit which patrols from 2 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day and a security vehicle from the main campus that patrols once each hour.
Although his plan was never implemented. Lechner is satisfied with security on the Row. “It's a reasonable plan, it’s working," Lechner said. “The bad people don't come down there anymore.”
The bulk of the progress in Row security has come about as a reaction to the murder of two students there in September. Lechner said this event focused attention on security and brought the university and the Row into agreement.
“For five years, ever since I began here, the university felt that security was the Row’s problem and
(continued on page 2)
Week’s activities note black history
Chapter II provided free noon entertainment Tuesday in front of Tommy Trojan as part of the continuing activities of Black History Week. Students of many races enjoyed the concert in the warm sunshine.
This is the fourth consecutive year that the university has participated in National Black History Week. This year’s program, with the theme "Where Do We Go From Here," focuses on where blacks will be headed in the 1970s in contrast to the advancements that they made in the 1960s.
In other Black History Week activities. Roscoe Lee Browne, an actor and noted civil rights leader, gave a poetry reading Tuesday night in Bovard Auditorium.
A program on "The History of the Black Man in America" w'as presented Monday night in Birnkrant Dining Hall. Randy Martin spoke and a movie. Wattstax, which deals with the black man’s past and present, was shown.
Mayor Tom Bradley appeared Monday at Bovard Auditorium and spoke briefly on black advancement in recent years.
I)T photo by Mike Ito.